Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, February 11, 1911, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textfr X f II 6 II gALEM. QREGOS. SATVRDAV, FEBRUARY 11, 1911. NO. 86. Pilf AY MlISSIN MMJTO1ES 1 - . ... EMT TDR0OGB SALEM, FAILS CITY i WESTERN ROAD WILL EHTEHD LINE TO SILVERTOtl UIIIOII STREET FRANCHISE GIVES IT OUTLET TO NORTH WILL TAP ADIQUA TIMBER Journal Has Information Absolutey ReliabJ That This Exten sion Will Be Made as Soon as Bridge Across the Willamette Is CompletedCompany Asking for Franchise on Union Street Is Also Strong Corroborative Evidence of Its Intent to Construct This Extension Would Open Up Fine Timber Belt. A Koxer War Probable. London, Feb. . Probably ttnother Boxer uprising In China to add to the -horrors of the plague and famine, is asserted here today in dispatches to the Pall Mall Gazette. The Gazette's correspondent cables that Buddhist priests throughout all stricken dis- tricts are taking advantage of ( : Newsboy 102 Yrars Old. Chicago, feb. 11. Little hope Is held out for the recov- ipry of Orasmus Page, J ol let's oldest newBboy, who for years has been a familiar figure around the railroad station. Page Is 102 years of age. He tfecame ill a week ago, but con- tinued at his post until yester- day. when he gave up. and his wift aged 95 .delivered his pa. 4 perg and sold thenj at the depot. the situation to preach an up rising. They blame "foreign devils" for the plague, and are urging a war of extermination. Why does the Salem, Falls City & Wistern Railroad Company ask for a franchise from the city for the lay ing of its tracks on Union street clear to where it intersects with Capitol street, when it can make connections with the Southern Pacific and Oregon Electric by laying the track as far as High struct, Is a question which has been puzzling ::lll those who have been examining the application for a franchise, and it was solved this morning, when it was learned that the company Intends In the near fu ture, to build Its line into Silverton. Tlifci company made an application to the legislature several days ago for a franchise to build a bridge across the Wlllametet river at this city, and it has passed the senate, and is now rendy for the conslderaton of the house. Simultaneously with the In troduction of this bill an application for a franchise for the laying of its' track on Union street, ostensibly fori the purpose of making connections! with the Southern Paolfic and Ore- j gon Electric , was made to the coun-1 ell. j . I Want an Outlet. The application asked for a frr.ji. j chise for' the laying of track, not only beyond Front and High streets, which was hecessary to make con nection with' the two roads Just men tioned, but qn Union street, to where it Intersects with Capitol. Just why the company desired to lay its track the full Ungth of this street was puz zling for awhile, but the mystery was completely cleared up this morn'ng, when Information was secured from a source which cannot be doubted that the road will extend its line' after entering the city as far as Silverton, and that the application for a fran chise for the full length of Un'on street was made so as to give the rond an outlet when rtedy to build. The purpose of extending the road to Silverton is to tap the rich agricul tural country lying between hern and there, and also to lap the vast Abi qua timber tract, which lies Just a few miles beyond. This tract com- TAFT SAYS UST ABOLISH TARIFF WHERE IT IS HOT REALLY 1 lEEBEl (Continued on page five.) THE CHICAGO STORE HAS PURCHASED THE Bamkropt Stock of The Style Craft Store It is now on sale on the second floor oyer the millinery department. We are selling out the entire stock at 5,c, 1 0c, 1 5c and 25c on the dollar, This is a .chance of a lifetime to buy goods at such ridiculous prices; goods worth 25c for 5c, goods worth 50c for 10c and 15c, goods worth $1.00 for 20c and 25c, $5,00 hats for 98c, $15,00 .suits for $2,50 and $3,50, flowers worth $1 ,00 for 1 0c and 1 5c, and so along the line with the entire stock,. We bought the goods cheap enough so we can give you bargains, Come and See the Crowds COMES A LITTLE Special Committee Drafting Bill Cutting Out Obnoxious Features and Trying to Save Gill's County Bonding Act. Shipload of Troops Drown. ' Constantinople, Feb, 11. Re. ports reached here today that the Turkish transport Mar- mora, carrying troops and mu- nitions of war to Yemen, where a serious revolt of Arabs is on, had been loBt in the Red Sea, with all on board. It was first reported that the transport had been captured by Arab pirates, and ihose on board slain, but this is denied by the war office WEST WANTS COMMISSION NEW SPRING STYLS IN Ladies' Suits & Coats 1911 newest creations in; la dies' suits and coats arriving daily, We are. .keeping our eyes opened for bargains and if you come here you can get t-em, We have a sharp buyer n New York that is sending us suits that you cannot duplicate elsewhere for the price, New Spring Styles $15, $18, $25 values for $8.50, $10.50, $12.50 and $14.50 NEW SPRING STYLES IN Imported Dress Goods and Silks i We show the greatest line of imported dress goods and silks in this part of the world, and at prices that you will find hard to beat. They are now arrvng daily; the materials and pat terns are very attractive, New Spring Dress Goods yar J 25c, 35c, 4f c, ' I 65c and up New Spring Silks per yard 25c, 35c, 49c, 25c, 75c and up The Greater Store o Salem regon But the Minority Wants ItespoiiHibil. ity for Appropriations and Kvpeii diturcs Fixed It Wants High way CoitiinlMlim Named by the Governor, "Hot He, In Turn, Wants ' CoininisNinn to Have Charge. The situation this afternoon Is that a compromise highway commis sion bill will he put through, on a 1 combination of the Eaton forces I with the Multnomah delegation This hacked by eastern Oregon steam ' roller methods Is to land what good j roads legislation there is at this ses sion. The minority who are fighting l a highway commission bill may re sort to filibustering but it will proba , bly fail, and the program will go through. The governor favors some sort of commission bill to relieve him of responsibility for any failure and they have the Influence of the com mission politically. What Minority Want A strong minority wants a high way commissioner named by the peo ple or by the governor, so that re sponsibility for extravagance or fail ure can he located. A commission named by the ogvernor, and corn-mission to name the highway commis sioner, is a machine within a ma chine, and no one will be responsible. The commission and the commis sioner will have more revenues and more Influence and power and au thority than any other political ma chine in the state, and will not be subject to any power of control or OPPOSITION OfiCE AROUSED WILL KNOW NO MODERATION UNTIL SYSTEM IS KILLED President Makes Strong Speech Before Illinois Legislature Points Out That We Need Canada's Supplies, That We Will Soon Consume Our Farm Products, That Both Sides Will Be Helped and Neither Injured ,and That the Demand of the Consumers, If Not Heeded, Will Result in Destruc tion of the Protective Tariff System. (Continued on page five.) WILL STOP TALK ABOUT ORIENTALS CALIFORNIA LEtiLSLAITRE WILL URN THE WHOLE MAT IKK 0 Kit TO (). iS IMC Kl.ll HV Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 11. Regard ing the anti-Asiatic question as hav ing reached a serious stage, insurgent leaders In the state senate held a conference today at which. It is be lieved, a plan for effectually ending the legislative agitation against Orientals was determined upon. The result of the conference was not made public but sufficient was learned on which to base a predic tion that the Federal relations com mittee will offer a substitute resolu tion for that of Senator lnford, which protests against the elimina tion of the "coolie clause" from the pending new treaty with Japan. The substitute will be of a milder tone than Sanford's resolution. The gov ernment will be urged to have regard for the Pacific Blope and not let down the bars to the laboring classes of Oriental countries. It will recog nize, however, that, the federal gov ernment has a better general view of the whole situation, and probably will state that California has Im plicit faith In the wisdom of the Washington authorities. The members of the committee, It Is said, have about decided to re port out all the anti-Asiatic meas ures with the recommendations that they shall not pass, and then fight them down on the senate floor. The supporters of Governor John son In the upper'Tiouse figure that, at the most, Jhe antt-Aslatic measures would receive 15 votes, whereas It would require 21 to pass any meas ure. A careful poll of the anti-Asiatic senators has been made, and the ad mlnlstrationlsts, upon assurance of success, will bring up, all the anti Alien measures land defeat them. Similar action will be taken In the Assembly. This would end the agi tation over the subject: The leaders recognize that continued discussion of the question does not aid Cali fornia's exposition project. CMTKU l'RKKN I.KAHKD WIIIK. Springfield, 111.. Feb. 11. In an address before the Illinois legislature today, President Taft warmly de fended the reciprocity with Canada. "Criticism of the reciprocity agree ment with Canada, as a manufactur ers' agreement is unfounded,' he said. ! "The truth Is that between Canada and ourselves a reciprocity agreement must necessarily relate more to the agricultural products than to the j manufactured articles. In other woi'cIhY the..great benefit that will be derived from the treaty Is the profit In a mutual exchange of agricultural products that will come. The agrl cultural change In the older coun tries from raising wheat alone to ' raising dtynrslfted crops, .cattle and hogs, is what Increased the return J.per acre of land ,and made prices of : land higher. The suggestion that (the opening of the market In wheat ' and cereals will reduce the price of land in Ohio, IndlHna, Uinols and Iowa' Is refuted by every table of sta tistics representing comparative In creases In the vaJuf- of land In states under the Influx of opening of Wheat fields In states further west. , "Permitting wheat from the North west to come to Minneapolis and Chi. cago will steady the pr'ce-of wheat and prevent fluctuations, make spec ulation more difficult and Insure against short crops and high prices. It will Increase American control of the wheat Into flour and wind abroad the finished product. The increase in population and the reduction of farm exports are so rapid that unless the production Is greatly Increased within our borders we will soon con sume all we raise. "We need a source of supply like Canada's at our doors. We would be blind if we neglected this opportuni ty to add to the strength and virility of tbta country by Increasing Its sup plying capacity. Conservative" pro tection Is the opening wedge In free trade.' My own view Is that no step more in the Interest of a reasonable policy of . protection could hi taken than approval of this treaty. The very existence of this policy depends upon our abolition of a tariff where It really Is not needed. If we ptr ilst in retaining It In these times or high prices, gradually exchange our food supply base by Its retention up on., protection . principles, we wilt arouse opposition that will not know moderation; that will not cease in radical economic changes until It removes the livst traces of the pro tective system." JUAREZ PREPARED FOR A FIGHT REBEL FORCES SI RROI NI) CITY I ASl ALMOST PUT A STOP TO COCK FIGHT1MJ AM) HORSE HU'IXO I THE HELEAOl'EREI) TOWX. El Paso, Tex., Feb. 11. With about 1200 Insurrectos scattered about Juarez today It looked as though the siege of the city had begun. Orozco's forces were spread out In a wide slmi-clrcle, extending from near Saragosa and every piece of cover In the hills was tenanted with bands of rebels. All through the night small bands came in to the support of Oro.co and the leader of the insurrectos Reenied ti have made up his mind that nothing whs to be gained by further delay. It was believed prob able that, at last there would be "something doing." In the city the federals exercised martial law and made every effort to strengthen their defenses against the seemingly impending attack. Piles of sand bags and adobe bricks were heaped up In the most exposed stations of the defenders and the usual lethargy of the troops today was transformed Into an activity which Is taken to mean that their spies had brought In word of a move ment for the capture of the city. Disregarding a warning by Ameri can consul Edwards not to venture Into Mexico after dark, two Ameri cans, A. Connell and Thomas Grif fin, went across the river last night and were arrested by the federals In Juarez. After being held for some hours both were released early to day. They report that federal pickets were posted In all the Juarez suburbs during the night and that the troops ere apparently watching for an .it-lack. Ill (;IIJ (HAZED COOLIES ROB SUTLY ST triors Amoy, China, Feb. 11. Hunger crazed coolies from the famine dis tricts in Hunan province flocked Into the country adjacent to Amoy today and robbed the food depots. Author ities beheaded four men In an effort to check the robberies. TWO KILLED TWO HURT BY GAS EXPLOSION Pasco. Feb. li. Carl Johnson, a carpenter, died eurly today from In juries sustained yesterday when gas accumulated In a gasoline tank In the i Northern Pacific roundhouse let go. i Reports from Walla Walla where the round house Foreman Held was rushed In a special train, sny that he probably will also die. 'Keld's ankles were broken and his back badly In- , Jured. W. B. Hawkins, a laborer and a Japanese who were near the scene I were badly injured but will recover. Johnson Is survived by tlin-p sons end a daughter, all of whom reside at St. Paul, Minn. DRIDGE AT THE F0Q1 OF union STKKI, HltllKiK TO ISK WILT IJV NALKM, FALLS CITY & WKNT KHN WILL dtOHM AT l-HHIT OF I'NIOX KTHKKT LWATIIIV, (IF lKI'(T NOT YRT KNOWX. It Utcanie known today 'that thV steel drawbridge which the Salem,. Falls City & Western Railroad Com pany proposes to construct across tho Willamette river at this city, Just as soon lis an applied for franchise from the legislature and city are gran Kid. will be locuted ut tho foot of l'nloi strort. The bridge will b a r. j fair, will cost 1 00,000, and be bu'il i along tho latest designs known- Ui the engineering world. Considerable) speculation Is befntf Indulged in i:h to where the s'te for the, depot, which tiidi company Intends Imllil'ng In the city, will be located. Negotiations for tho site an now under way by agents of the company, but Just, where it will he; locate!, be yond the fact that, It will be som wh'ue on Division slrivt, cannot be learned. ', Two Million Will Die. Washington. Feb. 1 1. Corroborat ing I'nlted Press despatches, Ameri can Consul-Reneral Wilder at Shang hai. In a cable gram received by tho National lied Cross Society today. dM'lar-s tbi.t two million persons In China will die of starvation unless given Immediate aid. Wilder lays that $.'i00,nul) Is needed at once. . The Red Cross today cabled to China $.',,O00 contributed by John D. Rockefeller. , , , Jl ST HECAI SE HE SPANKKO HIS UOV White Salmon, Wash., Feb. 11. "It was all because I tried to spank my boy," said Albert Darting as h placed his arm under the X-ray todny and then submitted to an operation which laid open his wrist to the bono. As he swung on the lad, the boy In stinctively threw his hand behind for protection, and an Indelible pencil he held penetrated the father's wrlnt. The point broke off starting blood poisoning. Amputation may be necessary.